Concept information
Preferred term
color perception: physiological
Definition
- When we view the world around us, we attribute color to the individual objects we look at. But, as was discovered by Sir Isaac Newton, the light rays being reflected from these objects into our eyes are not colored. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Color Perception: Physiological]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/color_perception:_physiological
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